Chapter 142

• Chapter 142: Beneath the Surface
• She chuckles, shaking her head as if trying to dislodge the weight of the moment, then moves away from him with a brisk shake, biting down hard on her bottom lip. It’s not nervousness exactly—it’s something deeper, something tangled in the way his words have affected her.
• “God, you are so fucking ridiculous,” she says, trying to brush it off, to minimize the tension with sarcasm. But he sees right through her.